Actor, director and writer · Telugu cinema
Mannava Balayya
Mannava Balayya movies: 68 Telugu films on file (66 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as writer), 1960–2012. Earliest on file: Chivaraku Migiledi (1960). Latest release: Devaraya (7 December 2012).
- Films on file
- 68 (66 as actor, 1 as director, 1 as writer)
- Years on file
- 1960–2012
- Born
- 9 April 1930 · April birthdays (Wikidata)
- Died
- 9 April 2022
- Selected films on file
- Manmadhudu, Gaayam, Ready
- Record
- Q11141002 on Wikidata
Career on file
Mannava Balayya has 68 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1960 to 2012: 66 films as actor, one film as director and one film as writer. The earliest of them is Chivaraku Migiledi (1960), and the most recent release is Devaraya (2012). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Manmadhudu (2002), Gaayam (1993) and Ready (2008). Other recent releases on file are Nandeeshwarudu (2012), Sri Rama Rajyam (2011) and Prasthanam (2010).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing 25 films with Mannava Balayya, followed by Kaikala Satyanarayana (14) and N. T. Rama Rao (12). Among directors, K. Raghavendra Rao cast Mannava Balayya most often, in five films; next are Sarath (4) and V. Madhusudhan Rao (3). Music on 13 of them is by M. M. Keeravani, with S. Rajeswara Rao (7) and Koti (6) next. Across these films the credits on file name 52 different directors, 33 music directors and 147 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 51 of them; they average 151 minutes, and the longest is Pandava Vanavasam at 198 minutes. Two of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1960s (10), 1970s (9), 1980s (7), 1990s (23), 2000s (15) and 2010s (4).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.